Failure of empire : Valens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D. / Noel Lenski.
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople.
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Full Text (via EBSCO) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 34. |
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| Summary: | Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-442) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520928534 0520928539 9780520233324 0520233328 1597346101 9781597346108 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |